Contest Rules

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   1. This contest is open to all interested parties. However, if you have a serious medical condition, get clearance from your doctor before starting.
   
   
2. 2. Select a start date prior to November 30, 2010, and commit to sticking with the program for 12 full weeks.
   
   
3. 3. On your chosen start date, download the Entry Form, and follow the instructions at the top.
   
   
4. 4. Follow the program as outlined on the Overview page.
   
   
5. 5. To be eligible for prizes, the following information MUST be included on the entry form: name, address, phone number, e-mail address, serious medical problems, names of all medications, start date, height, starting weight, and starting waist and hip circumferences, end date, ending weight, and ending hip and waist circumferences. * (To learn how to measure these circumferences and more about waist/hip ratio, click here.)
   
   
6. 6. If you want to compete in the subcategories of improvements in average blood sugar or A1C and improvements in lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) then you must have blood tests performed prior to your start date and again at the end of the 12 weeks and record the following information on your entry form: starting fasting blood sugar, starting hemoglobin A1C, starting cholesterol (total, HDL, and LDL), starting triglyceride levels, ending fasting blood sugar, ending hemoglobin A1C, ending cholesterol (total, HDL, and LDL), and ending triglyceride levels.*
   
   
7. 7. Complete the Comments and Feedback Form (optional).
   
   
8. 8. E-mail your completed Entry Form and/or Comments and Feedback Form to diabesitychallenge@drwhitaker.com or mail them to: Dr. Whitaker’s Diabesity Challenge, Attn: Jennifer Myers, 7811 Montrose Rd., Suite 400, Potomac, MD 20854.
   
   
9. 9. No entries will be accepted after March 1, 2011.
   
   
10. 10. Winners in each sub-category will get a free year's subscription to Health & Healing and 6 months free of the supplement of their choice from Forward Nutrition (combined, that's up to a $459 value!). The GRAND PRIZE overall winner will also receive a free phone consultation with Dr. Whitaker! With their permission, these winners will be announced on drwhitaker.com and in a future issue of Health & Healing.
    
    
    

*Your personal information will remain confidential. At no time will drwhitaker.com or Forward Nutrition (Dr. Whitaker’s supplement label), make your contact information available to an outside vendor. The name and hometown of contest winners may be published with that person’s consent.

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